Indoor environment showing off depth of field effects (Source: Crytek)

Back outdoors with intense foliage (Source: Crytek)

It's a tank! (Source: Crytek)

Demo of Crysis sacrifices self to preserve retail release

All Microsoft Xbox 360 owners have September 25 marked on calendars as being the launch day of the highly anticipated first-person
shooter, Halo 3. For PC-only gamers,
however, that very same day was supposed to be host to the playable
demo of another much awaited game, Crysis.
Unfortunately, September 25 will now only play host to one of those games, as the
Crysis demo will not be released.

Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crysis
developer Crytek, sent a message to the media apologizing for the delay,
explaining that the demo had to be delayed in order to assure the retail
release target.

“We are taking some extra time to make sure you that you
have an amazing experience but also we did not want to risk the release date of
Crysis at this stage,” said Yerli. “To
get the game into your hands by November the 16th, we had to make this call.”

As a result, the demo will be delayed a month to October
26, but will come with a couple extras for gamers.

“The SP demo will be
released with our CryEngine 2 - Sandbox 2 game editor, giving the community the
opportunity to get familiar with the vast amount of tools they will have at
their disposal four weeks before we ship, something we have always wanted to do," Yerli explained.

“This is an exciting time for us at the studio as the development
of Crysis comes to an end and we are only a few weeks from Gold Master,” added
Yerli. “We appreciate your patience and are looking forward to getting Crysis into
your hands on November 16.”